Plough your own furrow on furlough

Seen and done all the box sets and cleaning you can face? It’s time to get creative, says Nicole Garcia Merida.

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Secure your own supply of eggs

The coronavirus pandemic has radically altered consumers’ behaviour, which has given rise to shortages of toilet paper, groceries, alcohol and, perhaps most surprisingly, of hens, says Alyx Gorman in The Guardian. The appeal of having your own supply of eggs is driving the demand, but hens are “not just something you can put in your backyard and leave”, says the RSPCA’s scientific officer, Dr Sarah Babington. “A backyard chicken coop is not an easy egg fix if the supermarket runs low.”

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Nic studied for a BA in journalism at Cardiff University, and has an MA in magazine journalism from City University. She has previously worked for MoneyWeek.